Warhammer: Expedition to the Multiverse from 30k

Among the enchanted warriors of the Sons of Horus, a huge demon projection suddenly appeared.

This was the first time that Roxi saw Vashtor's true appearance. Behind this giant demon were wings made up of four sickle-shaped metal blades, and between the wings flashed arc energy like lightning.

Its eyes gleamed scarlet, and through them one could see the roaring fire, the clanging anvil and forge.

Countless souls were beaten, shaped, and transformed into an extremely sad and unknown form.

Vashtor exuded a disgusting and restless smell of hot metal, mixed with the foul smell of industrial pollution smoke and sulfur. Luo Xi frowned and stared at this enemy who suddenly appeared.

A man and a demon were swaying in the air and confronting each other. Below them were the Iron Men, the Astartes Mixed Legion and the Traitor's Enchanted Warrior Legion who were fighting fiercely.

Vashtor released its power. It was able to sense every component of the iron men in the Roshi camp and understand the mysteries of the Star-type power armor.

It is the god of inventors, engineers, scientists and craftsmen. Human technological creations have no secrets to it. As long as it wants, it can release powerful chaos waste code to contaminate those war weapons and weapon systems.

But the "competitor" Roche stood in its way, making it difficult for its power to directly affect the empire's army and corrupt those war weapons to betray their original masters.

When the oppressive feeling of the Lord of the Furnace surged like a tide, Luo Xi suddenly realized that he was a little too arrogant. He had just obtained the authority of Ohm Messiah not long ago, and he had only tapped out a shallow trace of power. Vashtor was an extremely ancient warp entity.

Although what appeared before his eyes now was only the projection of Vashtor's power, its real body was still wandering in the depths of the warp.

Luo Xi did not act rashly, but waited patiently for Vashtor to make the first move. The Lord of the Furnace seemed to have the same idea, and the scene fell into a strange stalemate for a while.

"Demon, go back to your warp. Horus has no chance of defeating the Emperor. Your investment is doomed to fail. The real universe is not a place for you, the creatures of the warp."

Luo Xi rebuked coldly, but Vashtor did not show any anger or impatience, and still looked calm and indifferent.

"Why get angry? You and I are both fellow travelers on the road of creation. Isn't the power you use essentially the power of the warp? Why don't you come back to the Sea of ​​Souls with me?"

Vashtoor responded to Rohi's rebuke with a series of rhetorical questions.

"As for my helping Horus, it is just a fair trade. We both get what we need and it is a willing deal. If you want, I can trade with you. As long as you can pay enough, there is nothing that cannot be traded."

"How about I trade you the real names of the Four Chaos Gods?" Vashtor said very seriously.

Luo Xi was stunned for a moment, and then treated the other party's instigation as nonsense.

Even if Vashtor dared to say it, would he really dare to listen?

The moment he heard the true names of the Four Chaos Gods, he was afraid that these extremely terrifying beings would descend immediately. He did not want to face these abominable creatures right now.

"Who the hell is traveling with you, devil? Remember, I am a human, a pure human!" Luo Xi refuted the other party's ridiculous remarks.

"There is no possibility of cooperation between us. You are just relying on the Emperor's inability to step down from the Golden Throne. Did you ever dare to show up during the Great Crusade?"

"What can you damned Chaos Gods do while he walks the earth?"

Thinking of this, Roche's hatred for Magnus deepened. It was this foolish man who detonated the webway under the Golden Throne, making it impossible for the Emperor to walk on earth again.

Curze must bring him back to the Golden Throne to atone for his stupidity and mistakes.

"Human? You really look like the cursed one. He always says he is human." Vashtor said leisurely, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

"Why do you cling to the tiny and short human life? As long as you ascend to godhood, you will naturally become a greater existence, transcending the timeline and becoming immortal."

"Time is not linear for us. The past, present and future are all like this, but you only cling to the present."

"I'm sorry for your stubbornness. We could have been fellow travelers, human." Vashtor sighed, "I know you want to liberate the Blackstone Fortress from Horus's enslavement, but unfortunately I have already bet on the Four Gods' choice. We are bound to be enemies."

Vashtor's pitch-black hearth fire was lit on the other side of the Blackstone Fortress, and it was continuously channeling its power to the battlefield here through rituals.

This demon lord, who had always acted in accordance with the contract, did not hesitate to throw away the constraints of the contract and mobilize his own strength to fight against the enemy before him.

As long as Luo Xi can be killed, even if his Soul Furnace and Demon Engine are completely destroyed, it will be an extremely cost-effective deal.

What he wants is to become a true monopoly giant and completely monopolize this road.

The huge Chaos Octagon shone with a filthy luster, the sound of the tides of the Sea of ​​Souls became clearer and clearer, and countless demon engines drilled out from the teleportation array.

"I gave you a chance to go with me, but since we've already fallen out, come on - let our followers fight each other, and decide the winner like in the Great Game of the Four Gods."

"It's easy to reach the core control room of the Blackstone Fortress. Defeat my Demon Engine Legion and destroy these enchanted warriors. The road will naturally open. It depends on whether you have the strength to do so."

"You are just a mortal, and you have power that you shouldn't have."

As Vashtor's words came to fruition, a large number of Demon Engines joined the camp of the Sons of Horus.

The most numerous of these is a species called the Venom Crawler, which looks like a female spider carrying an egg sac on its belly, and has sharp legs that allow it to move at incredible speeds.

Its abdomen spewed deadly warp flames, and its huge egg sac continuously released miniature demon engines the size of a human head, which pounced on the Iron Legion that was fighting.

A raging fire was burning inside the body of the huge Hell Dragon. This special flying creature immediately used its air advantage to release flames of destruction, while the Iron Men launched a counterattack with fierce anti-aircraft firepower.

The Soul Grinder, which is like a land-based multi-legged mecha, has sharp metal claws in its lower body and a horrible demon with flesh and blood in its upper body. It wields a long sword burning with red flames and rough and bulky power claws in its hands, cooperating with the Hell Dragon to launch a fierce attack.

"For the Creator! For Ohm Messiah!"

The power of Roxi's authority and the chaotic power of Vashtor collided, stirred, and exploded here.

Faced with the menacing demon engine, the thinking engine in a certain node Iron Man suddenly changed.

Its originally rational and calm logical template suddenly began to waver with emotions, and a feeling called anger appeared in the world of data.

The Creator was humiliated in front of it and it felt angry.

Iron Man's thinking engine and logic matrix would not do such a meaningless thing. After all, boosting morale through battle cries is very common for humans, but it seems very strange for Iron Man.

It's as speechless as a mortal warrior trying to strangle an iron man.

But in the fluctuations of the confrontation between Roshi and Vashtor, the Node Iron Man seemed to have suddenly realized something and became more humane and intelligent.

They are no longer simply carriers of the will and commands of the intelligent brain, but gradually evolve into individuals with independent souls.

Chapter 506: Becoming a Father (Please Subscribe)

Roxi was immersed in a duel of wills with Vashtor. The Lord of the Forge himself had not descended here, and they could not fight in close combat like the Astartes on the battlefield.

This kind of confrontation is more of a clash of spiritual wills, with each side using power to oppress each other, and then there is the actual fighting between their respective families on the battlefield.

"Is this... the awakening of true self-awareness?"

Luo Xi's mind moved, and he immediately shifted his attention to the first node iron man who awakened true self-awareness.

The Gestalt thinking he designed for the Iron Man Corps determined that most of the Iron Men did not have complex self-awareness. They only had instinctive reactions similar to program codes, such as production and construction, or using war weapons to eliminate the enemy.

The node iron men are more advanced and complete. They bear the intermediary responsibility for information communication between the intelligent brain and most of the iron men. They have relatively mature self-awareness, but this awareness still comes from the computing power diversion of the intelligent brain.

And now, this extremely special node iron man has given birth to a will that truly belongs to him. His consciousness is no longer a sub-body of the intelligent brain, but has become an independent individual.

“Only an individual with a soul can truly be called a life.”

"Although the iron man I created has consciousness, it cannot be called an intelligent life."

"However, I still cannot fully understand the principle behind this transition from being soulless to having a soul."

Luo Xi said in his heart that the birth of life contains countless unknown secrets, but he is still excited about the birth of an iron man.

His emotional fluctuations were quickly noticed by the prophet Uslan. The elves were extremely sensitive to changes in emotions, so he asked curiously.

"What good thing happened? I feel like you're suddenly getting excited."

Uslan casually threw out a bolt of psychic lightning, destroying a demon engine that looked like a giant scorpion and banishing it back into the warp.

His combat power even exceeded that of hundreds of combat iron men or Astartes, and he was able to control the situation like a humanoid Titan.

The Eldar Prophet's performance was extremely impressive. The almost boiling Warp energy here allowed his psychic spells to be condensed without expending much effort, and the power of his psychic attacks was much greater than in the real universe.

He had just witnessed the collision between Roche and the suddenly appearing subspace entity, which gave him a deeper understanding of Roche's current situation.

The guy who just appeared and called himself Vashtor was probably a lesser god of the Warp. That kind of boiling sense of oppression was definitely not something a Chaos Demon could possess. After all, he had personally exiled demons of this level more than ten times.

Uslan is indeed a prophet, but he is first and foremost a very powerful psyker. The Warp Demons' covetousness and greed for the Eldar far exceeds that of humans. Even a prophet who is "not good at fighting" has to shoulder the task of protecting the race.

Of course, the Chaos Daemons of Slaanesh are not within this range. The best option for the Eldar when they encounter a Chaos Daemon of Slaanesh is to run for their lives. This is a powerful restraint relationship similar to that of natural enemies.

"Good things? Of course there are good things. The collision between that blasphemous subspace demon and me accidentally caused a node iron man to have a soul."

Luo Xi laughed and then called the iron man back to his side.

"You'd better not let the Necron Overlord Trazyn know what you said, otherwise he will definitely kill you. Those soulless iron skeletons are crazy about souls." Uslan pulled out the Necron again and made a joke.

Anyway, Taraxin is not here now, so the entire bill will be paid by the absent young master.

The iron man with a soul appeared came in front of Luo Xi under the control of the stance.

He looked no different from other iron men produced in a foundry, but at this moment he was moving his head and observing the world around him with the sensors on his head.

Seeing his instinctive reaction which was extremely similar to that of humans, Luo Xi was immediately delighted and felt more close to this iron man.

This node iron man also focused his attention on Luo Xi. His will was independent from the computing power of the main control brain, and he was observing the world with his own feelings.

He knew that he was now on the battlefield, and the main control computer was constantly sending him command orders. After he did not respond many times, the main control computer assumed that he had encountered an unexpected situation and was no longer able to perform the command mission.

Then the control of the war-type iron man originally controlled by him was transferred to the other node iron men by the main control brain. After the war, the main control brain will send special recyclers to deal with him, the individual who "accidentally lost control".

Of course, Luo Xi would not let this happen. This first iron man born with a soul was undoubtedly a treasure in his eyes. The importance of No. 1 far exceeded the two thousand war-type iron men in the Black Stone Fortress now.

Ironman No. 1 took his steps, his movements were a little stiff, and the amplitude and frequency were no longer constant, but instead had a unique ups and downs rhythm.

Luo Xi noticed that he was learning and adapting to his body at a rapid pace. When Iron Man No. 1 walked in front of Luo Xi, he had already mastered most of the abilities of this body.

Iron Man No. 1 put the arc weapon in his hand behind him, stared at Luo Xi's face with scarlet eyes, and then slowly knelt on one knee.

"You are... my Ohm Messiah."

"You are... my father."

Luo Xi saw a somewhat confused consciousness showing friendly kindness to him, and when he heard Iron Man No. 1 calling him father, an electric shock-like feeling passed through his heart.

His descendants once called him the same, but they all grew old and disappeared over the years, as if they had never appeared.

And now hearing this name from the Iron Man's mouth again, Luo Xi couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

It is true that he created these iron men, so it seems there is nothing wrong with calling him father.

"Yes, I am your father."

Luo Xi manipulated his stance so that his height was level with the kneeling Iron Man. He stroked the cold head of Iron Man No. 1 with his hand. In the flashing scarlet electronic eyes, he saw pure attachment and heartfelt admiration.

"Then... who am I? And who are these people like me?" Iron Man No. 1 looked at the iron men around him who were fighting with the enchanted warriors and the demon engines, and judged that they were also his own kind.

Luo Xi was silent for a second in the face of this question. Countless explanations flashed through his mind, but he rejected them one by one.